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RONALD PETER YUHAS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 25, 1948 – February 27, 1969
Service recordRonald Peter Yuhas, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 87
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- December 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Shenandoah, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 87
- LYLE DAVID ZACHERPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- MARVIN DONALD BARNESStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1969
From Shenandoah
- DENNIS EDWARD WITKOWSKIPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.